Final answer:
Chase can buy 12 pieces of fruit candy with $3.75, as each piece costs $0.30. After dividing the total amount by the price per piece, we round down to the nearest whole number because candy cannot be bought in fractions.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine how many pieces of fruit candy Chase can buy with $3.75 when each piece costs $0.30, we use division. We divide the total amount of money Chase has by the cost of one piece of candy:
$3.75 ÷ $0.30 = 12.5
However, Chase cannot buy half a piece of candy, so we round down the answer to the nearest whole number. This means Chase can buy 12 pieces of fruit candy with $3.75 as he cannot purchase a fraction of a piece.